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1-7 Days | 8-30 days | More than 30 Days | None | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,209 | 188 | 18.1 | 14.7-22.1 | 85 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.9 | 48 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.5 | 888 | 73.1 | 68.9-76.9 |
-Piedmont NC | 543 | 90 | 18.8 | 13.7-25.3 | 32 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.1 | 20 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.3 | 401 | 73.9 | 67.4-79.4 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 141 | 26 | 18.5 | 11.4-28.5 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.0 | 105 | 77.5 | 67.3-85.2 |
Female | 402 | 64 | 18.9 | 12.5-27.7 | 26 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.2 | 16 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.1 | 296 | 72.0 | 63.7-79.1 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 438 | 64 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.6 | 26 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.1 | 15 | 2.7 | 1.2- 6.1 | 333 | 79.4 | 73.9-84.0 |
African American | 77 | 18 | 25.6 | 14.1-42.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.2 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.8 | 50 | 65.7 | 49.3-79.0 |
Other Minorities | 27 | 8 | 45.9 | 20.9-73.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.6-16.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 50.7 | 25.0-76.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 16 | 3 | 27.7 | 8.3-61.9 | 1 | 7.0 | 1.0-37.3 | 1 | 6.2 | 0.8-34.3 | 11 | 59.0 | 29.2-83.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 526 | 87 | 18.4 | 13.2-25.1 | 31 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.1 | 19 | 2.6 | 1.3- 5.2 | 389 | 74.5 | 67.9-80.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 15 | 2 | 21.5 | 4.7-60.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 78.5 | 39.9-95.3 |
25-34 | 51 | 9 | 24.1 | 12.0-42.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 42 | 75.9 | 57.4-88.0 |
35-44 | 89 | 25 | 27.2 | 17.3-39.9 | 8 | 6.4 | 2.9-13.5 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-11.2 | 54 | 64.0 | 51.3-75.0 |
45-54 | 113 | 20 | 13.3 | 7.8-21.8 | 7 | 7.3 | 2.9-17.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.6 | 83 | 77.9 | 67.4-85.7 |
55-64 | 124 | 20 | 15.8 | 9.0-26.4 | 10 | 8.3 | 3.9-16.6 | 8 | 9.4 | 3.5-22.9 | 86 | 66.5 | 54.0-77.2 |
65-74 | 91 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.0-25.9 | 5 | 6.1 | 1.7-19.8 | 5 | 3.9 | 1.4-10.0 | 70 | 76.0 | 62.9-85.5 |
75+ | 59 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.0-17.3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 9.0 | 52 | 91.6 | 80.3-96.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 101 | 10 | 15.9 | 7.4-30.8 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.2- 8.9 | 7 | 8.1 | 2.5-23.5 | 79 | 72.7 | 57.2-84.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 153 | 22 | 18.9 | 8.8-36.0 | 12 | 5.7 | 2.5-12.1 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.1 | 115 | 74.3 | 58.7-85.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 151 | 34 | 22.8 | 14.6-33.9 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.4-11.6 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.1 | 102 | 68.5 | 57.5-77.8 |
College Graduate | 138 | 24 | 16.1 | 9.3-26.5 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.3- 7.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.8 | 105 | 79.5 | 69.2-87.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 96 | 11 | 27.0 | 9.8-56.0 | 10 | 9.4 | 4.4-19.0 | 7 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.9 | 68 | 60.4 | 38.3-78.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 113 | 24 | 28.3 | 17.9-41.8 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.4 | 76 | 66.7 | 53.5-77.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 51 | 9 | 13.3 | 6.1-26.6 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.3 | 38 | 82.2 | 68.3-90.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 66 | 13 | 20.7 | 10.3-37.1 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.2 | 51 | 78.5 | 62.2-89.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 64 | 13 | 13.4 | 6.9-24.3 | 3 | 7.6 | 2.4-21.8 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.6-19.3 | 45 | 73.1 | 58.3-84.1 |
$75,000+ | 90 | 15 | 20.8 | 11.0-35.9 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.8- 8.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.6 | 70 | 74.8 | 59.9-85.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 322 | 53 | 20.2 | 12.7-30.7 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.5-13.3 | 19 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.8 | 219 | 66.1 | 56.7-74.3 |
No | 216 | 36 | 17.1 | 11.1-25.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 | 178 | 82.3 | 74.0-88.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 49 | 10 | 17.6 | 8.4-33.4 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.6-11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 34 | 78.1 | 62.3-88.4 |
Non-Veteran | 494 | 80 | 18.9 | 13.4-25.9 | 27 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.4 | 20 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.8 | 367 | 73.4 | 66.5-79.4 |
*These data apply only to those with current asthma.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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